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Four varieties of the network beans direct sown in the garden are sprouting! One is Rose, the only variety I planted from the priority list.

Well, as of today I have no idea what is officially going on with the mail strike. Yesterday I saw a huge picket line of carriers on a...

Blue-Jay, please tell me about the priority list. I requested my network beans before the list was finalized and shared this year...

I've 2 lots of beans in now. I think by next week I'll have my recent bean orders in and can get more inground. When it was up in the...

Honestly many years ago my hubby had brought home two new rolls of aluminum soffit destined for the dumpster. I unrolled one of them...

Thank you Artorius. I had a query recently about bean seeds that 'had maggots in them'. I had never heard of such a thing and the...

The darn postal strike is back on. :somad Well, that's it for mailing seeds for this season. There have been a few people ordering...

yes @Blue-Jay all these cool and rainy days are a challenge. i'm not doing any starts inside at the moment, but i'm wondering how the...

This year, due to the forecast of an exceptionally cold May, I did not make seedlings. I wake up the seeds in a sprouter and when they...

I purchased some 12 inch long Kabob bambo skewer sticks and I'm sticking them down into the cups and taping the stems to the sticks to...

Beans in pots can be a tricky thing! Last year we had a cold spring too (less cold than this year though) and I got trapped with beans...

I was able to put these emerging seedlings in the sun Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Exposed them to at least 8 hours of sun on these...

Many beans could be several centuries old. They are probably the product of stablized crosses that have happened over time. Some beans...

I am so amazed at how many varieties of beans there are! Before I joined this forum I thought the only beans that existed were pinto...

Yesterday I put 27 pole beans and 10 semi/half-runner in the sprouter. Next week I will do the same with bush beans. So far May has been...